Category Personal Essay

New Normal

How many times have we heard the term “New Normal” when we’ve seen images or heard accounts of western wildfires, mid-west tornados, eastern floods, and diminishing polar ice caps? My internal reaction to the statement is to say, “Not so… Continue Reading →

The Mary Affect

I guess you might call her an influencer but I just call it “The Mary Affect” in my circle. Mary is my youngest sister. This doesn’t mean she’s a youngster – just my youngest sister.  She shares lots of what… Continue Reading →

Reiki Refresher

Finally, my first after-retirement class. Its 17 years since I received my Level II Reiki certificate and I’ve done very little with it since. From time to time though, I’d send Reiki to those who have asked for prayers. Healing… Continue Reading →

A Life That Matters

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] How can one life matter – how can my life matter? Many of us have paused during our busy lives to pose this question and others like it. But how… Continue Reading →

Help Wanted

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] There are a lot of “Help Wanted” signs posted around Levittown. For this solidly blue-collar area that we live in, I wondered why. I think the answers may have roots… Continue Reading →

AWAY

How long the night of an uncertain future. With hands clutching the remnants of their past, each stepped onto the tarmac to the mythical beyond. Images of these far away places had only travelled to them on the ether to… Continue Reading →

A Small Life – Revisited

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] This began with a comment from my sister, who said she was thankful for her small life. I’ve written about this before, but the concept has lingered in my thoughts…. Continue Reading →

A Levittown Girl

My world was small when I was eight and yet I did not know it—I thought it so large. Siblings, parents and I started out in a new Levittown just built; We came from Trenton and before that Allentown; before… Continue Reading →

Perspective

Sense of self comes not from the body I inhabit, but from my life experience and how I interpret it.

A Small Life

Leading a small life, a good life, can create ripples that pass beyond the horizon.

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